Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.

Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.

Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: “At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for the welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

“The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing.”

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“Not Suspicious”? Just the fact that he’s dead is suspicious, not to mention it’s already been admitted they paid off Law Enforcement. Why are these Mother Fuckers not hanging from a short rope already? Forget Bin Laden, put Murdock and all his cronies at the bottom of the Ocean!

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“Not Suspicious”? Just the fact that he’s dead is suspicious, not to mention it’s already been admitted they paid off Law Enforcement. Why are these Mother Fuckers not hanging from a short rope already? Forget Bin Laden, put Murdock and all his cronies at the bottom of the Ocean!

jasonpaulhayes

“Not Suspicious”? Just the fact that he’s dead is suspicious, not to mention it’s already been admitted they paid off Law Enforcement. Why are these Mother Fuckers not hanging from a short rope already? Forget Bin Laden, put Murdock and all his cronies at the bottom of the Ocean!

Tuna Ghost

Well, he did drink a lot and do drugs, not to mention he looks pretty unhealthy from the photo up there…

Eldritch

It’s the so-called “warning shot” for other potential whistleblowers.

Eldritch

It’s the so-called “warning shot” for other potential whistleblowers.

Anonymous

this is some suspicious ninja bullsh*t right now.

Jin The Ninja

this is some suspicious ninja bullsh*t right now.

guest

the whole damn system is corrupt from the bottom up

guest

the whole damn system is corrupt from the bottom up

Anonymous

riiiiight, just as “not suspicious” as the Iranian nuclear scientists that keep getting killed in accidents

Anonymous

riiiiight, just as “not suspicious” as the Iranian nuclear scientists that keep getting killed in accidents

http://strictlyapathy.comoj.com SoulArbiter

Suspicious being the key word here. In this particular case, it could be synonymous with “convenient”.

http://strictlyapathy.comoj.com/ SoulArbiter

Suspicious being the key word here. In this particular case, it could be synonymous with “convenient”.

Tuna Ghost

Well, he did drink a lot and do drugs, not to mention he looks pretty unhealthy from the photo up there…

http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

I don’t think he’d be dead if this was just about Fox NOTW…but mentioning loudly that cops were on the payroll…yeah…thats a fast ticket to the grave. There are two top officials down already…and anyone who doesn’t believe that cops and gangs behave exactly alike is suffering from a superfluity of naivete. It seems extremely likely that someone wanted the weak link in the information chain snuffed and silent before anything more specific came up.

http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

I don’t think he’d be dead if this was just about Fox NOTW…but mentioning loudly that cops were on the payroll…yeah…thats a fast ticket to the grave. There are two top officials down already…and anyone who doesn’t believe that cops and gangs behave exactly alike is suffering from a superfluity of naivete. It seems extremely likely that someone wanted the weak link in the information chain snuffed and silent before anything more specific came up.